The article deals with the results of radiological and clinical laboratory testing of 108 victims treated in «St. Petersburg research Institute of emergency care named after I. I. Dzhanelidze», in the period from 2015 to 2017, with associated trauma of the spine. The patients developed suppurative-inflammatory diseases and their complications. CT diagnosis of purulent-inflammatory diseases of the spine combined injury. In addition, the article presents literature data about the use of radiologic methods of examination (x-ray, computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging) purulent-inflammatory diseases of the spine and their complications.